Hardware

Strong Apple Earnings Could Drive These 3 Stocks – CNBC

If you watch CNBC’s Fast Money regularly, you know that trader Pete Najarian talks about Intel, almost any chance he can get. In this case, he likes it as an Apple-trade because they make the chips for the MacAir, which … Continue reading

Apple Planning ‘All-New’ iPod Touch and iPod Nano for September Launch? – MacRumors

Shipments will therefore be hindered. Apple of course did not make any substantial hardware changes to the iPod touch last September, electing to merely add white models and lower the entry-level pricing from $229 to $199. Consequently …

Apple estimates $2.525 bn damages in Samsung battle – Economic Times

Apple Inc claims it is entitled to $2.525 billion of damages in its high-stakes battle against Samsung Electronics Co over patents for technology used in smartphones and tablets, such as the iPhone and iPad. According to a partially redacted …

Apple’s Infuriating Hardware Changes Are For Your Own Good – Gizmodo Australia

If Apple switches from a 30-pin dock connector to a smaller 19-pin design, as a story by Reuters reports, iPhones and iPads would have a new standard port. This is certain to frustrate some people — namely the huge market … Continue reading

Third-Gen Thunderbolt Chip Slated for 2Q13 Release – Toms Hardware

20 Gbps transfer speeds aren’t expected to hit Thunderbolt until 2014. Back in February 2011, Intel’s Thunderbolt interface finally hit the market in Apple’s MacBook Pro, using the same connector as the Mini DisplayPort. Combining PCI Express and …

Apple vs. Samsung patent trial kicks off in Australia; likely to run until well into 2014 – Macdaily News

Apple should have done so long ago.  Apple 15.4″ MacBook Pro with Retina display: Quad-core Intel Core i7 2.3GHz/8GB RAM/256GB Flash Storage/IntelHDGraphics4000 (MC975LL/A) only $2,184.00 + Free Upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion  Apple 15.4 …

Zacks Earnings Trends Highlights: Bank of America, Intel, General Electric and Apple – Yahoo Finance

Chicago, IL – July 23, 2012 – Zacks Director of Research, Sheraz Mian, says actual earnings results have turned out to be quite decent – not strong or good, but not bad either. Weak earnings reports earlier on and a … Continue reading

Like Apple, IBM doing its own thing – CNN Money

Lohr is spot on. Apple has been marching to its own drum, creating markets by producing products that eschew the conventional wisdom. IBM has done this by moving away from commodity hardware to a more “insights” based platform approach.

Apple heads into choppy waters as new iPhone awaited – Economic Times

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple Inc faces an unusual phenomenon when reporting earnings this time around: low expectations. Few are expecting the world’s most valuable technology company — which surpasses Wall Street expectations with near regularity …

DoJ dismisses pro-Apple arguments in defense of e-book settlement terms – Apple Insider

Apple argues that its entry into the e-book market disrupted … the two companies are not presenting the devices as clear e-book competitors. The Intel-based version of Microsoft’s Surface, for example, is set to be a full-featured tablet expected to … Continue reading